The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-16
THE COLUMBIA NEWBERRY AND
LAURENS.
The Election In Columbia.
Special to the Ne,cs and Courier.


COLUMBIA, June Sat last nights
meeting of the directors of the Col
umbia, Newberry and Laurens Rail-
road it was ordered that President
Moseley advertise for bids for build
ing the stone piers of the bridge
across Broad River. This bridge
will be built blythe subscription of
$4,000 from Columbia township.
Engineer Ellis reported that he had
located the line to Newberry. New.
berry will soon vote $4,000 to Sc
cure connection with the road.
! This morning at II o'clock the
county commissioners net to receive
and tabulate the vote cast yesterday
for and against the township subscrip-
tion to the Columbia, Newberry and
Laurens Railroad. Some of the enc.
mics of the road had endeavored to
get the commissioners to refuse to
declare the result fsvorably to the
subscription on account of the speci-
fcation in the Act that the subscrip-
ton must be carried by ca majority
of the qualified voters Of the town.
ship" The commissioners did not.
however, choose to have the respon-
sibility for such an obnoxious ruling
and consulted competent legal au-
thority, which prove favorable to the
declaration that the subscription had
been carried.
Col. F. W. McMaster, in the ab.
sence of Lawyer N. A. Carlisle, of
Newberry, the attorney of the road,
appeared for the railroad company,
and made strong presentation of
the case. He quoted from the re-
ports of the Supreme Court of Wis
consin decision directly upon the
point at issue. This Court held, in
the case of Sanford vs.. Bentice and
others, heard in 1871, the following
opinions: "The voter is the elector
who notes.-the elector in the exer-
else of his franchise or privilege OF
voting-and not he who does not
VOTE If the Legislature had in
tended a majority of the qualified
electors Of the district, they would
undoubtedly have used those words
instead of the words illegal voters"
or in some other way have made their
intention plain. There is mo deci.
sion upon this point in the South
Carolina Reports, and Col. MeMaster
did. not know of any, elsewhere ex-
leept the one just quoted.
county commissioners, after
hearing from Col. McMaster. unani:
mously adopted resolution to the
effect that majority of the votes
cast having been in favor Of such
subscription, the board will subscribe
in behalf of Columbia township
$4,000 to the stock of the road, &C.
cording to the provisions of the Act
Of the General Assembly. The bonds
will be issued as soon as they can be
prepared, unless injunction proceed
ings be instituted by the few reac-
tionists who have opposed the sub.
scription. 1t is reported that this
will be done, but there is no GER
tainty about it. The fight would
cost the protestants more than they
could save by defeating the tax.
This, by the way, is ridiculously
small to cause contention. The an.
nual interest at per cent. will be
S2,400, or about 2 per cent. increase
in present city taxation.
The tabulation of the vote made
by county commissioners is as fol-
lows:
For subs. Against. Scatt'g. Total.
Ward 1....... q Il
Ward 2 ........ 1S3 q 0 27
Ward 3 ..--. l43 Il 0 1872